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March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Lance Anderson, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz The spring concert season has arrived with three this weekend and more later in the month. Arts

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February 21, 2026February 21, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Saturday evening February 21, the Mariposa Folk Festival has their annual Gospel and Blues concert at the

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Richard “Dick” Johnston, December 29, 1941 – February 5, 2026

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Couchiching Consevancy, Leacock Medal For Humour, OMAH, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, St. Paul's

Suds was selfless. You almost have to be to be a music teacher. There are too many students stuck on a passage that need help, or can’t get over a hurdle developing a playing technique – always after office hours.

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Don’t Look Now, But Things Could Get A Little Murky

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Mariposa Arts, Opera House

…here the conflict is seeing danger and reacting to those in the rest of their world who carry on like it’s just another Tuesday.

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February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Peter Street Fine Arts

I get the sense all the activity resembles a Monty Python soccer sketch more than it does a well-coordinated team.

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January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Bleeker, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, Old Dance Hall Players, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

ShareBy John Swartz First a brief note about missing a column last week. As I was sitting down to write

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January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

This was the largest version of the OVE that I recall. They, and the next group in question, could use some more male voices.

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December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Cellar Singers, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts

Mark generally gets it right, but he can’t make silk purses out of poor signals handed over to him.

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The Stones, A New Venture, Same As The Old Venture

December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Casino Rama

Through some partnerships with band managers and booking agents, Calvin sent info about the band to the folks at Casino Rama. It worked. The band is playing the casino December 13